Chapter 326: The Battle for the Cauldron Ends

As the small cauldron was placed, Zhu Que inscriptions began to appear on it.

Ding~

System announcement: Divine Beast Cauldron, Zhu Que Cauldron generated.

The Battle for the Cauldron ended, winner: Zhuque Main City.

Calculating rewards…

All participating players of the winning side gain +1 level, a random part for their profession, and +1 40‑level purple equipment.

All participating players gain +50% experience for their current level, a random part for their profession, and +1 40‑level blue equipment.

Ding~

After the Zhu Que Cauldron is placed in Zhuque Main City, it grants a buff to players of Zhuque City; please have the winning players carry the Zhu Que Cauldron to the city lord.

Swish~

Su Sheng's level rose to 46.

On Zhuque City's side, whether they were still on the battlefield or had been eliminated and returned to Zhuque City, everyone leveled up by one.

Ding~

Congratulations, player obtained Crimson Flame Scale Armor Wristguard +1.

This should be my 40‑level equipment.

Coincidentally, my wristguard is still a 30‑level purple piece, which is a bit lagging; giving me a purple wristguard isn't bad.

Su Sheng checked his stats.

Crimson Flame Scale Armor Wristguard, armor (purple)

Defense: 210

Bonus: Agility +60

Bonus: Strength +80

Bonus: Constitution +80

Level: 40

Description: omitted

The entire wristguard is red, covered with a layer of steel scales, and it looks quite nice.

Overall, the stats still give a big boost to my panel, but the 30‑level Guardian Wristband has a Guardian's Resolve skill that, under specific conditions, can increase damage reduction by ten percent.

A ten percent damage reduction is indeed more appealing than the modest stat boost from the Crimson Flame Scale Armor Wristguard.

For a moment, Su Sheng felt torn.

However, the Guardian Wristband's Guardian's Resolve skill requires standing still for five seconds to stack, but in real combat there are rarely five seconds without movement, so its limitation is also considerable.

Unless I am a pure defensive knight, in which case staying still for five seconds to resist damage is normal, but I need to move and output, so for me it's somewhat limited; except in certain special situations it's basically useless.

Similar to the battles just now against Baihu Main City and Xuanwu Main City, this Guardian's Resolve skill never reached full stack.

But many of my abilities depend on the panel, and the stacking of several core buffs also depends on the panel, so I might as well change it!

I'll stash the Guardian Wristband into the guild warehouse; the guild's defensive knights should be happy to exchange it.

Thinking this through, Su Sheng equipped the Crimson Flame Scale Armor Wristguard.

Then I added one point to my 46‑level upgrade attribute.

Attack and defense reached 3081//2681, and HP reached 25220//23820. (shield//dual‑held spear)

These are without the Priest Buff; moreover, in Mounted State, the mount can add an additional thirty percent to Su Sheng's HP.

With Priest Buff and Mounted Combat, Su Sheng's HP in shield state reaches about forty‑three thousand.

Quite good.

Afterward, Su Sheng stepped forward and stored the Zhu Que Cauldron in his backpack.

At this point, the system prompted that teleportation out could be selected.

"Let's go, the match is over, let's head back." Su Sheng smiled faintly.

Afterward, everyone chose to teleport back.

The Chairman of the White Clad on the River and the Chairman of the Clear Wind Pavilion also returned with complex expressions, having witnessed the birth of the Zhu Que Cauldron.

This should have been the Azure Dragon Cauldron, what a pity...

"We won! Mo Wen, great god, YYDS!"

"Haha, Yan Huang is awesome, I want to join Yan Huang too!"

"Is Yan Huang something you can just join? It seems Yan Huang is only a second‑tier guild, able to recruit only ten thousand; subtracting the five or six thousand already recruited..."

"Plus Zhuque City's current player base, wow..."

"I estimate that players wanting to join Yan Huang now will have to rack their brains."

"As far as I recall, on the equipment ranking, is the Top Rank Divine Artifact in the hands of Mo Wen Qianchen?"

"Do you still need to remember? Mo Wen the Great God has made it public; just look and you'll know."

"You guys say where did he get this Divine Artifact?"

"The second‑rank has also been announced: Jobs? The translation can't be killed? Phonetic direct translation, a foreigner."

"What does it matter if they're foreigners? The Top Rank Divine Artifact is from our Domestic Server."

"What Divine Artifact? I feel the Hidden Class is also overpowered; my wife, the Fire Mage Goddess, can turn the heavens and earth with one skill."

"I remember you upstairs; weren't you just licking Gu Qingcheng earlier?"

"Gu Qingcheng is my first wife, the Fire Mage Goddess is my second wife."

"Don't bother with the blue lotus; whoever has yellow urine, help me revive him."

Those upstairs, move aside—I've been feeling hot lately, so watch out I might accidentally hurt you.

In this cauldron‑seizing battle, the prowess of Yanhuang—or rather Mo Wen Qianchen—has already sunk deep into everyone's minds.

Who knows how many players in Zhuque City want to join Yanhuang; as for other guilds, though they're not doing poorly, so far Yanhuang is the only one that's actually formed a guild.

But gradually the players' discussion veered off topic.

Ding~

System notice: Zhuque Main City has gained the Zhuque Cauldron's protection and qualified to activate the Zhuque City‑protecting Grand Formation.

Zhuque Main City radiates the aura of the Zhuque divine beast.

Within Zhuque Main City, monster stats are lowered by 5% overall for 15 days.

With the Zhuque Cauldron restored, players settled in Zhuque Main City receive the Zhuque divine beast's blessing, boosting XP gain by 5% for 15 days.

Long live Yanhuang! Long live Zhuque City!

Long live the great god Mo Wen!

Haha, glad I'm in Zhuque City!

As the system notice appeared, the whole of Zhuque City's players burst into excitement.

Su Sheng snorted, left the Chengzhu fu, and muttered that merely delivering a cauldron was too miserly—no reward whatsoever.

Watching the players' chatter, Ye Tianzi, Jiang Hai Tange, and the Peak War God exchanged looks, each seeing the other's bitterness.

In this cauldron‑seizing battle, they seemed to have won, yet also seemed to have lost...

Yanhuang really stole the limelight this time.

Late Falling Cherry and Mo Wen Qianchen each contributed a skill that sealed this victory.

Hidden Class!

At the same time, this cauldron‑seizing battle made many players realize how formidable the Hidden Class is—though of course that doesn't mean regular classes are weak.

Like an Arcane Mage, at higher levels one can learn hidden forbidden spells—though the forbidden spell skill itself must also be acquired.

Then there's the Defensive Knight, whose later Divine Body skill can grant up to five seconds of invincibility.

In any case, every class becomes strong in the late game, each with its own strengths.

But the Hidden Class undoubtedly holds the edge.

Whether it's Mo Wen Qianchen, Late Falling Cherry, or even the Judgment Angel of the Po Xiao Guild, if Mo Wen Qianchen weren't so absurdly overpowered, that strike would have likely killed him outright.

Thus the top ten guilds—actually, everyone from all guilds—are snapping up hidden items at high prices.